One of the best "oldies but goodies" and one of the best dancing songs ever produced. If a large-footed like me can do to this, as I did in high school in the late 70's with my girlfriend at the time, then anyone can dance to this great tune. Thanks for an excellent reaction video, sir.
Boomer here. Boy oh boy did we groove to this song!! We all pretended we knew the words, not knowing that NO one knew them til years later 🤪🤣! Fun times. Thanks Harri ❤️.
Boy did we ever groove to this and a bunch of us didn't know what we were grooving to. All the guys worked on those 3 notes so we could sing it everywhere. 😀😀😀😀😀❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
@@markwilliams5606 And a hundred other songs, middle part to You've lost that Lovin' Feelin "Baby, baby, I'd get down on my knees for you..." etc. just slower...Hang on Sloopy...
@@thomastimlin1724 Highway 61, Johnny Winters Verizon. 2+2 is on my mind by Bob Seger, 1969 by the Stooges. Rock and Roll by Mitch Ryders version. Good times 🎶🏁🌄
This song came in the 60s when I was a kid. But it was played again at parties in the 80s and it was so much fun! It was featured in the movie Animal House that I think premiered in 1978? Thanks for a great reaction, Harri! ❤
I can't really understand out what's so difficult about it. Not that I'm bragging or anything but I can write most the lyrics and have only heard it 10 or so times.
Harri, NOBODY ever knew what they were saying, but we loved it anyway! The FBI actually conducted an official investigation into Louie Louie to determine if The Kingsmen were corrupting America’s youth. I was one of those youths. We were not corrupted and the actual lyrics are way more innocent than those we imagined, but to this day I cannot help but smile whenever I hear Louie Louie.
This song and Gloria (G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria) were our nasty songs back then, LOL, we all tried to figure out what the words were...and songs were very heavily censored back then as well, even on the radio you got bleeps, but especially on TV. Now days anything goes. So yeah, we loved it when this one came on the radio. Brings back a lot of good memories from junior high and high school.
It was in the National Lampoon movie Animal House. It's a great song and so much fun to dance to. It's on most wedding DJ's play list. BTW, no one knows the words without looking them up. 😂
I heard the lead vocalist being interviewed many years ago, when he claimed that he purposely slurred his delivery because he couldn't remember all of the words to the song, when they recorded it. They had planned on recording a different song for an album, but it wasn't working out, so they tossed around other song ideas to finish the album, and they settled on this song that they had performed frequently many years before, when they were doing pub and small venue gigs. They hadn't performed it in quite a while, though, so he couldn't remember all of the lyrics. He may have made the story up on the spot, but it sounded legit to me.
I like at 3:10 how the singer comes in too early, and they just carry on. Kind of like Deny Dougherty in 'I Saw Her Again Last Night'. Keepin' it real!
Takes me back! My ex & my children are all musicians and they all laugh at me over this one! They tell me it's the same three cords over and over! What do I know I can only play the radio & stereo! Love it Harri, thanks!
The original by Richard Berry came out in the mid-50s and was inspired by the calypso fad that was the thing in East LA at the time. Berry sang in a Caribbean patois as a sailor thinking about his sweetheart at home. The Kingsmen mumbled because they didn’t bother to learn the real lyrics. The song was a staple of the music scene in the Northwest and played by dozens of local bands in the early ‘60s. Thanks, Harri.
Rhino Records once put out a compilation of 12 cover versions of Louie Louie, including one by a marching band! Paul Revere & the Raiders recorded it at almost the same time as the Kingsmen but ceded chart position to them.
I had the pleasure of seeing these guys in the early 60's here in NYC at an old Murray The K show. On the record the singer sounds drunk, but in person he sang the lyrics clearly. Great days man.
"Louie Louie" is considered an all-time rock & roll (and garage/proto-punk) classic, covered by hundreds of major artists and featured in many films, including "Animal House." The song also has quite the history in the U.S. Originally written and recorded by R&B/calypso singer Richard Berry, the tune was covered by both the Kingsmen and Paul Revere & the Raiders, with the Kingsmen version winning out. In late '63, a rumour flew about the country (pre-Internet) that the song was dirty, and thus was banned on radio stations in several states, which only added to its popularity. The FBI even got involved, listening to the track and issuing a statement that the lyrics were completely unintelligible. It almost rose to Billboard #1, but was blocked by (if you can believe this) "Dominique" by the Singing Nun. I think there might have been some shady chart tallying going on. At any rate, it has lasted, and is regarded one of the biggest hits of the last century.
I don't think that there is a half drunk group of teens that haven't sung along to this song in my memory. It was always played at parties and gatherings. I am not sure about the lyrics, most people guess i think.
Such a great staple from 1963, this song from The Kingsmen out of Portland was slow in sales reaching only 600 copies to start. From its great manic lead guitar solo fabulous drums and insane cymbals crashing, this tune has such a great beat and was so entertaining. Boston DJ Arnie Ginsberg featured it as the Worst song of the week. It seemed to catch everybody's attention and the song raced up the charts, selling 1,000,000 records. It's a song about a Jamaican sailor returning to the Island to see his lover. The rumor was there were dirty words and themes in the lyrics and this drove people to buy it. Lol. It reached Number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100's and stayed in the top 10 for two months. Great reaction Harri. Thanks for a great memory. Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦
Harri you hit on a great one here 🔥🔥Years ago when this song came we couldn't get enough of this song. My University used to play this song at our football games but they were forced to stop playing it because the upper decks were swaying ( student section lol)
I think almost every garage band from the 60's 'til now must've done a version of this. I read that there's suppose to be around 5,000 versions of this song recorded over the years!
Oh nice! I had the privilege of seeing The Kingsmen in concert late in their career. It had to be between 25 and 30 years ago. At that point only 2 or 3 of the original band members performed. It was in a smaller intimate setting. They were so good and engaged the audience since it was a very small venue.
I played keyboards in a college rock band in the 60s, and I loved playing this song--in part because the organ part is so EASY--just 3 chords lol! The song was wild and fun for the time.😁😄
PNW rock from the pre-Beatles days. Somebody in 1985 tried to get the legislature to make this the official rock song of the State of Washington but it didn't work, alas. It was a favorite at the 7th inning stretch at Mariners games for many years.
Great track and great reaction. Apparently this is the most covered track in history and I remember reading that back in the 80s an American radio station played just cover versions of this track for 24 hours.
A couple of the band members went to my high school in Portland, Oregon, and we were treated to this in an assembly for the whole school. Yes, quite a catchy number, the State of Washinton adopted it as the state's Official Rock and Roll song!
To check out the lyrics, as you said here, go ahead and play the original by Richard Berry. Totally clear lyrics and, quite frankly, I prefer it to the Kingsmen!
Back in 1963 this song was banned due to supposedly "suggestive lyrics". so much so that the US federal government and FCC got involved-but as it turns out the song lyrics were innocent. Every garage band in the 60s had this song as a part of their repetoire
So you now know that it's, Louie Loo-I. Have a grandson with that name, Louis or Louie, and he's always called Louie Lou-I! LOVE LOVE this song! Didn't care what the words were, just wanted to sing along to the chorus!
Of course our band played this in the 60's and we sang the words you think you're hearing. This record was banned from the radio in South Florida at the time.
I got to see these guys back in the day in Miami, FL. They were really good. This song was actually banned in Boston because no one was sure what they were saying and thought it was something dirty. LOL!
I don’t think there was any other song that prompted more speculation (lyrically) than this one. I was around twelve when this was released and many theories were whispered about the lyrics that seemed to convey something sexual. It really was much ado about nothing 😂. Great old memories! Great reaction Harri 🌺✌️
Louie, Louie, oh, oh, me gotta go Louie, Louie, oh, oh, me gotta go Fine little girl she waits for me Me catch the ship for cross the sea Me sail the ship all alone Me never think me make it home Louie, Louie... Three nights and days me sail the sea Me think of girl constantly On the ship I dream she there Me smell the rose in her hair Louie, Louie... Me see Jamaica moon above It won't be long, me see my love, I take her in my arms and then Me tell her I never leave again Louie, Louie...
Being a NW native I grew up listening to this song. I was 14 when Rockin' Robin Roberts version hit the radios in '61, within 3 years everyone recorded it. My favorite is Paul Revere and the Raiders (recorded same week same studio as Kingsmen) followed closely by The Sonics. For my ears, Kingsmen didnt have enough bass.
At around 1:05 you can hear the drummer yell "F***." It's one of those things that's easy to miss until someone points it out, then you will probably notice it every time.
Animal House (1978) and Quadrophenia (1979) -- but it wasn't included on the soundtrack album to Quadrophenia until a 2000 reissue. The FBI under J. Edgar Hoover investigated the lyrics of "Louie Louie" because it was bent out of shape over the suspicion that they were dirty. The Flamin' Groovies dropped a psychedelic freak out version of the song in 1971 that causes listeners to spontaneously combust... Heh. 🤪
Supposedly, the lyrics were raunchy so the singer sang them in a way that would make them hard to understand. I was just a little kid when this came out, but heard on oldies stations enough to really love it. Love those oldies with the guitar and organ working together! Give "California Sun" by The Rivieras a listen. You will probably like it.
At one time, there was a radio station that played nothing but recordings of Louie, Louie. With that toxic mix of irony and devotion, I don't imagine they're still around ... !
I love this band. Have their records and play them a lot. Why can music not be this great now? Tech has changed us in a bad way. When I am going to do house chores, I put this on but I usually end up just dancing around the house. If you saw the movie Animal House that is where you heard it.Those were some heavy guitar riffs for their time.
NOBODY KNEW THE LYRICS!!!! 😜😜 ANOTHER TWO SONGS LIKE IT, WITH GARBLED SINGING IS "GLORIA" BY "THEM" AND "WOOLY BULLY" BY SAM THE SHAM & THE PHAROAHS🎶❤🎵😎🎶❤🎵😎🎶❤😎🎵
If you have seen the movie "Animal House" Harri, the song was featured during the recruiting party for the Delta Frat. The lyrics were always questionable, so many radio stations would not play it, and then it became a "cult classic". At a show at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky I saw the Grateful Dead do a cover of "Louie Louie", very appropriate for the location. And the crowd loved it.
In 1964 FBI did a 31 month long investigation and filed a 119 page report on this song. Looks like the FBI was just as proficient at wasting taxpayers money back then as they are now. Thanks for your reaction❤❤
yeah i've googled the lyrics and also there's another group that sings it where you can understand the words and they're not what you'd expect, it's about sailing on the sea and that sort of thing
I never understood how the Kingsmen version of this song became the one that gets the most attention when the Wailers had the original NW smash hit of it back in '61 with the outrageous vocals of the one and only Rockin' Robin Roberts! The Wailers iconic sax intro just stomps all over that wimpy little Kingsmen guitar intro! The Wailers ruled the NW rock-n-roll scene in the early 60s! th-cam.com/video/ihpGNoCreyg/w-d-xo.html
The version by this band is regarded as one of the first punk singles. There is a false start on one of the verses where he has to repeat the first line, and also you can hear an expletive in the background when the drummer drops one of his sticks. The reason it’s so hard to hear the lyrics is because the singer, Jack Ely, is trying to affect a Jamaican accent. Originally penned and performed by Richard Berry- a Jamaican I think, and also covered by Toots & The Maytals among many many others.
is this the first Punk song?...singer had just gotten braces on his teeth...prevented him from enunciating the words correctly so he pretty much stopped trying and a CLASSIC was born, in ONE TAKE.
@elysehfm8797 I first heard this a few years after its release on a Baltimore Top 40 station that edited out the part where a certain four letter word was thought to appear. Yes, it certainly added to its mystique!
One of the best "oldies but goodies" and one of the best dancing songs ever produced. If a large-footed like me can do to this, as I did in high school in the late 70's with my girlfriend at the time, then anyone can dance to this great tune. Thanks for an excellent reaction video, sir.
Boomer here. Boy oh boy did we groove to this song!! We all pretended we knew the words, not knowing that NO one knew them til years later 🤪🤣! Fun times. Thanks Harri ❤️.
Boy did we ever groove to this and a bunch of us didn't know what we were grooving to. All the guys worked on those 3 notes so we could sing it everywhere. 😀😀😀😀😀❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Rock and Roll. Summer Night 🌄✌️🏁
@@markwilliams5606 And a hundred other songs, middle part to You've lost that Lovin' Feelin "Baby, baby, I'd get down on my knees for you..." etc. just slower...Hang on Sloopy...
@@thomastimlin1724 Highway 61, Johnny Winters Verizon. 2+2 is on my mind by Bob Seger, 1969 by the Stooges. Rock and Roll by Mitch Ryders version. Good times 🎶🏁🌄
The 1963 one beer too many bar trio: Louie Louie, Wooly Bully, and Wipe Out. What fun we had!
I remember at parties we were all singing this and pretending we knew the words 😂
I always loved the drums on this song.
This song came in the 60s when I was a kid. But it was played again at parties in the 80s and it was so much fun! It was featured in the movie Animal House that I think premiered in 1978? Thanks for a great reaction, Harri! ❤
Nobody knew the lyrics, nobody needed to. Now that's a Classic!
I can't really understand out what's so difficult about it. Not that I'm bragging or anything but I can write most the lyrics and have only heard it 10 or so times.
Harri, NOBODY ever knew what they were saying, but we loved it anyway! The FBI actually conducted an official investigation into Louie Louie to determine if The Kingsmen were corrupting America’s youth. I was one of those youths. We were not corrupted and the actual lyrics are way more innocent than those we imagined, but to this day I cannot help but smile whenever I hear Louie Louie.
This song and Gloria (G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria) were our nasty songs back then, LOL, we all tried to figure out what the words were...and songs were very heavily censored back then as well, even on the radio you got bleeps, but especially on TV. Now days anything goes. So yeah, we loved it when this one came on the radio. Brings back a lot of good memories from junior high and high school.
It was in the National Lampoon movie Animal House. It's a great song and so much fun to dance to. It's on most wedding DJ's play list. BTW, no one knows the words without looking them up. 😂
I heard the lead vocalist being interviewed many years ago, when he claimed that he purposely slurred his delivery because he couldn't remember all of the words to the song, when they recorded it. They had planned on recording a different song for an album, but it wasn't working out, so they tossed around other song ideas to finish the album, and they settled on this song that they had performed frequently many years before, when they were doing pub and small venue gigs. They hadn't performed it in quite a while, though, so he couldn't remember all of the lyrics. He may have made the story up on the spot, but it sounded legit to me.
Makes as much sense as any explanation I could think of. Thanks for solving a sixty year old mystery for me!
Another popular story was that the guys had had more than their share of brews by the time they got to recording this song.
Great song great live singer great voice
So much fun! Yeah, nobody ever knew what he was singing, but we all sang along anyway!🤣
Garage band gold! "Time Won't Let me" by the Outsiders next?
I like at 3:10 how the singer comes in too early, and they just carry on. Kind of like Deny Dougherty in 'I Saw Her Again Last Night'. Keepin' it real!
It’s really not a party without this tune. Togas, grain-alcohol, and everyone singing along.
Yes!!! A sea shanty from the boys! Thanks Harri. 👍
Takes me back! My ex & my children are all musicians and they all laugh at me over this one! They tell me it's the same three cords over and over! What do I know I can only play the radio & stereo! Love it Harri, thanks!
Louie Louie is played by every school and college marching band in America. It is a band standard at football games.
This song always reminds me of the iconic movie "Animal House". Drunk Frat guys singing Louie Louie.
The original by Richard Berry came out in the mid-50s and was inspired by the calypso fad that was the thing in East LA at the time. Berry sang in a Caribbean patois as a sailor thinking about his sweetheart at home. The Kingsmen mumbled because they didn’t bother to learn the real lyrics. The song was a staple of the music scene in the Northwest and played by dozens of local bands in the early ‘60s. Thanks, Harri.
Rhino Records once put out a compilation of 12 cover versions of Louie Louie, including one by a marching band! Paul Revere & the Raiders recorded it at almost the same time as the Kingsmen but ceded chart position to them.
It almost became the State Song for the State of Washington. I was in High School at the time!! Local boys make it BIG!
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I had the pleasure of seeing these guys in the early 60's here in NYC at an old Murray The K show. On the record the singer sounds drunk, but in person he sang the lyrics clearly. Great days man.
"Louie Louie" is considered an all-time rock & roll (and garage/proto-punk) classic, covered by hundreds of major artists and featured in many films, including "Animal House." The song also has quite the history in the U.S. Originally written and recorded by R&B/calypso singer Richard Berry, the tune was covered by both the Kingsmen and Paul Revere & the Raiders, with the Kingsmen version winning out. In late '63, a rumour flew about the country (pre-Internet) that the song was dirty, and thus was banned on radio stations in several states, which only added to its popularity. The FBI even got involved, listening to the track and issuing a statement that the lyrics were completely unintelligible. It almost rose to Billboard #1, but was blocked by (if you can believe this) "Dominique" by the Singing Nun. I think there might have been some shady chart tallying going on. At any rate, it has lasted, and is regarded one of the biggest hits of the last century.
I don't think that there is a half drunk group of teens that haven't sung along to this song in my memory. It was always played at parties and gatherings. I am not sure about the lyrics, most people guess i think.
Such a great staple from 1963, this song from The Kingsmen out of Portland was slow in sales reaching only 600 copies to start.
From its great manic lead guitar solo fabulous drums and insane cymbals crashing, this tune has such a great beat and was so entertaining. Boston DJ Arnie Ginsberg featured it as the Worst song of the week. It seemed to catch everybody's attention and the song raced up the charts, selling 1,000,000 records. It's a song about a Jamaican sailor returning to the Island to see his lover. The rumor was there were dirty words and themes in the lyrics and this drove people to buy it. Lol. It reached Number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100's and stayed in the top 10 for two months. Great reaction Harri. Thanks for a great memory. Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦
Harri you hit on a great one here 🔥🔥Years ago when this song came we couldn't get enough of this song. My University used to play this song at our football games but they were forced to stop playing it because the upper decks were swaying ( student section lol)
Yes the drum line was great on this one at my HS!
I think almost every garage band from the 60's 'til now must've done a version of this. I read that there's suppose to be around 5,000 versions of this song recorded over the years!
Oh nice! I had the privilege of seeing The Kingsmen in concert late in their career. It had to be between 25 and 30 years ago. At that point only 2 or 3 of the original band members performed. It was in a smaller intimate setting. They were so good and engaged the audience since it was a very small venue.
It was also featured in the movie, "Mr. Holland's Opus" , with Richard Dreyfuss.
I played keyboards in a college rock band in the 60s, and I loved playing this song--in part because the organ part is so EASY--just 3 chords lol! The song was wild and fun for the time.😁😄
PNW rock from the pre-Beatles days. Somebody in 1985 tried to get the legislature to make this the official rock song of the State of Washington but it didn't work, alas. It was a favorite at the 7th inning stretch at Mariners games for many years.
Great track and great reaction. Apparently this is the most covered track in history and I remember reading that back in the 80s an American radio station played just cover versions of this track for 24 hours.
Hi Harri! When I was in high school, all the bands played this one at dances and clubs. This was definitely as raw as it gets.
The FBI investigated the lyrics. Many stations refused to play it.
Takes me back to High School!! Franklin High, Seattle, Washington. Class of 1964!!!
A couple of the band members went to my high school in Portland, Oregon, and we were treated to this in an assembly for the whole school. Yes, quite a catchy number, the State of Washinton adopted it as the state's Official Rock and Roll song!
My number one song of all time!!!!!!!!
This is one of the songs you had to play if you were in a garage band like I was.along with satisfaction, house of the rising sun and wipeout........
Wooly Bully and Hully Gully are great also.
To check out the lyrics, as you said here, go ahead and play the original by Richard Berry. Totally clear lyrics and, quite frankly, I prefer it to the Kingsmen!
Back in 1963 this song was banned due to supposedly "suggestive lyrics". so much so that the US federal government and FCC got involved-but as it turns out the song lyrics were innocent. Every garage band in the 60s had this song as a part of their repetoire
Another famous one! 😀😀
Also featured in the Who movie Quadrophenia . Another great video Harri.
Everyone knows the words we assigned to this song!
Okay, let's give it to 'em, RIGHT NOW!
So you now know that it's, Louie Loo-I. Have a grandson with that name, Louis or Louie, and he's always called Louie Lou-I!
LOVE LOVE this song! Didn't care what the words were, just wanted to sing along to the chorus!
Rock and Roll. Don't forget to Boogie children 🌄✌️🎶
Very cool song!!
Of course our band played this in the 60's and we sang the words you think you're hearing. This record was banned from the radio in South Florida at the time.
The lyrics were so hard to understand there were some wild interpretations back in the day!
Love this song!!!!
I got to see these guys back in the day in Miami, FL. They were really good. This song was actually banned in Boston because no one was sure what they were saying and thought it was something dirty. LOL!
I don’t think there was any other song that prompted more speculation (lyrically) than this one. I was around twelve when this was released and many theories were whispered about the lyrics that seemed to convey something sexual. It really was much ado about nothing 😂. Great old memories! Great reaction Harri 🌺✌️
Louie, Louie, oh, oh, me gotta go
Louie, Louie, oh, oh, me gotta go
Fine little girl she waits for me
Me catch the ship for cross the sea
Me sail the ship all alone
Me never think me make it home
Louie, Louie...
Three nights and days me sail the sea
Me think of girl constantly
On the ship I dream she there
Me smell the rose in her hair
Louie, Louie...
Me see Jamaica moon above
It won't be long, me see my love,
I take her in my arms and then
Me tell her I never leave again
Louie, Louie...
Those aren't right but close enough
Mr. Holland's Opus lol....if you don't know what I'm talking about, , you're a musical square hahahaha
I saw that movie!! Very great movie, the main character's son is deaf and he figures a way to make it where even DEAF people can hear the song!!
Being a NW native I grew up listening to this song. I was 14 when Rockin' Robin Roberts version hit the radios in '61, within 3 years everyone recorded it. My favorite is Paul Revere and the Raiders (recorded same week same studio as Kingsmen) followed closely by The Sonics. For my ears, Kingsmen didnt have enough bass.
At around 1:05 you can hear the drummer yell "F***." It's one of those things that's easy to miss until someone points it out, then you will probably notice it every time.
I've got this as the ringtone for my brother "Lew Lew". Everyone have a great day 🤣.
every garage band played this one
Animal House (1978) and Quadrophenia (1979) -- but it wasn't included on the soundtrack album to Quadrophenia until a 2000 reissue. The FBI under J. Edgar Hoover investigated the lyrics of "Louie Louie" because it was bent out of shape over the suspicion that they were dirty. The Flamin' Groovies dropped a psychedelic freak out version of the song in 1971 that causes listeners to spontaneously combust... Heh. 🤪
Supposedly, the lyrics were raunchy so the singer sang them in a way that would make them hard to understand. I was just a little kid when this came out, but heard on oldies stations enough to really love it. Love those oldies with the guitar and organ working together! Give "California Sun" by The Rivieras a listen. You will probably like it.
It was banned on many radio stations for that reason.
The lyrics aren't raunchy in the least bit though. Even by 1950-60 standards lol
I ❤ you dude!
We didn't understand the words but we were all sure that they were filthy! 😂
It was in "Animal House" movie 😂 80s
At one time, there was a radio station that played nothing but recordings of Louie, Louie. With that toxic mix of irony and devotion, I don't imagine they're still around ... !
Nobody could understand what they were saying but we all thought it was dirty stuff, especially for 1963.
I love this band. Have their records and play them a lot. Why can music not be this great now? Tech has changed us in a bad way. When I am going to do house chores, I put this on but I usually end up just dancing around the house. If you saw the movie Animal House that is where you heard it.Those were some heavy guitar riffs for their time.
No idea what the words were then or now . . . didn't matter. This got everyone up and out on the floor and rockin' out.
may have heard this in: National Lampoon's movie "Animal House" or perhaps "Blues Brothers" ?
NOBODY KNEW THE LYRICS!!!! 😜😜
ANOTHER TWO SONGS LIKE IT, WITH GARBLED SINGING IS "GLORIA" BY "THEM" AND
"WOOLY BULLY" BY SAM THE SHAM & THE PHAROAHS🎶❤🎵😎🎶❤🎵😎🎶❤😎🎵
Don't feel bad about not making out the words, even the FBI couldn't figure them out! 😆
I think the FBI might be r'trd'd. I got most of the lyrics down after like 3 listens
If you have seen the movie "Animal House" Harri, the song was featured during the recruiting party for the Delta Frat. The lyrics were always questionable, so many radio stations would not play it, and then it became a "cult classic". At a show at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky I saw the Grateful Dead do a cover of "Louie Louie", very appropriate for the location. And the crowd loved it.
The unofficial state song of Washington state. 😁😁
Eight years of college down the drain!
In 1964 FBI did a 31 month long investigation and filed a 119 page report on this song. Looks like the FBI was just as proficient at wasting taxpayers money back then as they are now. Thanks for your reaction❤❤
I believe that investigation cost over $1miilion in dollars back then. They were trying to determine if the lyrics were vulgar or profane.
yeah i've googled the lyrics and also there's another group that sings it where you can understand the words and they're not what you'd expect, it's about sailing on the sea and that sort of thing
I dont remember hearing this version on the radio as much the one by Paul Revere and the Raders, whichI think was also much better.
This was a local band. Nobody knee the words! LOL
"Animal House"
First song to ever be banned from the radio. They thought there was profanity be sung.
It was in Mr Holland's opus.
This was ubiquitous around the same time as Mo Bills' "Stay". Same recommender?
I never understood how the Kingsmen version of this song became the one that gets the most attention when the Wailers had the original NW smash hit of it back in '61 with the outrageous vocals of the one and only Rockin' Robin Roberts! The Wailers iconic sax intro just stomps all over that wimpy little Kingsmen guitar intro! The Wailers ruled the NW rock-n-roll scene in the early 60s! th-cam.com/video/ihpGNoCreyg/w-d-xo.html
Because no one could hear the lyrics, we all thought it was a dirty song. Or at least we pretended it was.
There is a slower version of this song by the Kingsman
Something tells me this song is some West Indian folk song written by that guy Anonymous.
Oh the groove! Supposedly played backwards it was dirty words, although I certainly could never discern them. LOL LOL
I dont really understand why people had such a hard time figuring out these lyrics. I've heard it about 5 times and can figure it out
the only people that know what they are singing is people who've actually read the lyrics. I'm not one of those , but I still love this song.
this song was once investigated for possible obscenity
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The version by this band is regarded as one of the first punk singles. There is a false start on one of the verses where he has to repeat the first line, and also you can hear an expletive in the background when the drummer drops one of his sticks. The reason it’s so hard to hear the lyrics is because the singer, Jack Ely, is trying to affect a Jamaican accent.
Originally penned and performed by Richard Berry- a Jamaican I think, and also covered by Toots & The Maytals among many many others.
You absolutely need to check out THE SONICS version.
One of the operant examples of misheard lyrics.
People thought it was a dirty song
is this the first Punk song?...singer had just gotten braces on his teeth...prevented him from enunciating the words correctly so he pretty much stopped trying and a CLASSIC was born, in ONE TAKE.
Supposedly the lyrics were really filthy . We all listened to it relentlessly !
I grew up hearing that the words were censored, but seeing what they are as an adult, I don't get it? Adding more mystique to the song?
@elysehfm8797 I first heard this a few years after its release on a Baltimore Top 40 station that edited out the part where a certain four letter word was thought to appear. Yes, it certainly added to its mystique!
@@gidneyandcloyd, the lyrics I looked up didn't have that! Must look again.